Anita – thank you for your response.

Thank you! I agree with what you said that he is not going to feel empathy towards me.

Yes, I believe that growing up I didn’t get much of the emotional connection and bond with my parents as a child and even growing up. So I would feel like my family doesn’t understand how I feel and I would feel lonely. Which makes sense I would then crave/depend a lot on my ex partner for the emotional support and connection but even then, it was not enough.